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Gas prices have increased from last week, AAA Michigan reports. Michigan’s current statewide average is about $2.42 per gallon, about 10 cents more than last week’s average and about $1.34 less than this same time last year. Of the cities surveyed by AAA , the cheapest price for self-serve unleaded …

The Michigan House is poised to take up a bill that would resurrect a grant for adults who want to go back to community college and finish their degree. Nearly $3 million would be made available to adults who left community college but want to go back part time. State …

A bill before a Michigan House Committee would ease current restrictions on bake sales in Michigan public schools. It’s in response to new nutritional standards that have effectively shut down sales that include anything on the federal restricted list of approved food items for schools. Boy Scouts testified before the …

Some state lawmakers say too many young people in Michigan don’t know how to handle their own finances. And it’s time they learned. A bill in a Michigan House committee, would allow a personal economics course in high school to count toward the state’s required economics credit in Michigan schools. …

Houghton Police are looking for a strong armed robbery suspect. The incident took place yesterday afternoon in West Houghton. The victim says the suspect was selling some stereo equipment and asked to see the money first. Upon showing the money, the suspect forcibly took the money from the victim and …

One last competition to go! The Houghton Superior Roboworks team has qualified for the 2015 Championship Event in St. Louis and will compete against 600 teams from around the world. The annual competition is put on by FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, a group whose …

Virtual reality gaming, cutting edge medical research and wicked trebuchets–they are all the results of years of study and hard work by Michigan Tech students. Those students got to show what they are made of by showing what they made at the 2015 Design Expo. 600 students compete on dozens …

The search continues for two women who have been missing for the past week. Leslie Roy and Lee Wright were visiting family in Ishpeming last week. They were scheduled to arrive in Mackinac on Saturday, but they never showed up to their hotel. They have not been seen since they …

Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas could soon share the same electrical grid if legislation submitted by state Senator Tom Casperson becomes law.   Senate Bill 282 addresses a growing concern that, with only one major power plant, most U.P. residents rely on electricity sourced from outside the state.   Casperson …

Meth continues to be a problem in the U.P. The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team was called to Ishpeming yesterday afternoon to cleanup several one–pot meth labs. Ishpeming Police Chief Dan Willey said that he just happened to be driving near the dump-sites, about a half–mile behind U.P. Health System …